Duct Busters of WNY

Improve Energy Efficiency and Indoor Air Quality with Duct Cleaning

 The build-up of dirt and debris prevents the air from flowing freely throughout the ventilation system. That means it works harder and costs more to operate. Over time, the problem only gets worse. Clear the air in your home with air duct cleaning and air vent cleaning services

It’s also important to realize that many companies limit ventilation system cleaning to the air ducts. Not Duct Busters of WNY. We clean your entire ventilation system, from the individual air ducts and vent covers including the main trunk lines.(when applicable) We also remove the vent covers, vacuum them, and then put them back in place to finish the job right.

Why is it important to have my air systems cleaned?

According to the National Air Duct Cleaner’s Association (NADCA), a typical six-room home creates over 40 pounds of dust annually through everyday living. In addition, the typical family generates a great deal of contaminants and air pollutants such as dander, dirt and chemicals. These contaminants are pulled into the HVAC system and re-circulated 50 to 70 times per day on average. Over time, this re-circulation can cause a build-up of contaminants in the air duct work.

Your home would be a candidate for air duct cleaning if:

• You can visibly see built up dirt, dust or dander in your ducts or have never had them cleaned
• a build-up of dirt at the registers
• particulates / dust blowing out of your vents
• unusual odors
• a unit that runs longer than it used to
• a coil that ices up
• pets
• smoking in the home
• family members that suffer from indoor allergies
• recently remodeled your home
• If you just had a new home built

There are a few things that the EPA recommends you do to keep your air duct system clean and free of contaminants:

• Use a highest efficiency air filter
• Change filters regularly
• If your filters become clogged, change them more frequently
• Be sure you do not have any missing filters and that air cannot bypass filters through gaps around the filter holder
• Have your air coils and drained pans cleaned
• During construction or renovation work that produces dust in your home, seal off supply and return registers and do not operate the heating and cooling system until after cleaning up the dust
• Remove dust and vacuum your home regularly. (Use a high efficiency vacuum (HEPA) cleaner or the highest efficiency filter bags your vacuum cleaner can take. Vacuuming can increase the amount of dust in the air during and after vacuuming as well as in your ducts)
• If your heating system includes in-duct humidification equipment, be sure to operate and maintain the humidifier strictly as recommended by the manufacturer.

Direct contact cleaning with the Ductmaster is the most effective duct cleaning system in the industry:

•  It was designed for one purpose: air duct cleaning. It is the only method that power-brushes and vacuums at the same time.
•  Its is also the only method that goes into each and every vent register in your home and cleans and scrubs each and every duct.
• The Ductmaster can be snaked through the air duct all the way to the plenum.
• The Ductmaster can clean homes that dont have main lines unlike negative air systems.
• It has a rotating brush to be sure and get all the dust and dirt out of each vent.
• The Ductmaster brush-vacuums every contacting surface, including wrinkles and crevices of flex-duct found in most systems.
• When the operator manipulates the rotating brush back and forth all the way to the plenum, all the dirtit is being extracted.
• The Ductmaster breaks loose dust and residue much like you would do by hand.
• Its strong vacuum nozzle sucks up the debris and deposits it safely in the self-contained dust reservoir            

Common Air Duct Cleaning Methods:

 Contact Cleaning

This technique requires a thorough power brushing and vacuuming.This is by far the most effective way to properly clean your air ducts. During the brushing stage, the physical contact with the ductwork is maximized, knocking off more debris than with other techniques while the suction of air washing  cleans the residual dust and small particles.

Compressor Air

 This sends high-pressure air from compressor down a hose and through an air nozzle. The nozzle directs streams of condensed air, blasting dirt and debris off the vents and ducts.From there the air movement sends the debris to a vacuum collection system, which picks up the debris for removal.

Whips

 Air whips combine the traditional air washing technique with "air whips", which beat at the edges of the vent to agitate the debris loose. As with air cleaning, the debris makes its way into a vacuum collection system.This technique is superior to air cleaning alone, as the whips will dislodge debris that may be impossible for the air nozzle to blast away.

                                                                                      

              

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